Well I'm bored and we are hitting that halfway point through the year, so I thought it was time to look at the year so far and what's ahead to try and determine where this year is going to sit.
And 2024 was really front loaded with all the hyped releases happening by March. With a few other really nice surprises.
Unicorn Overlord was one of the shocking games for me. I normally hate tactical games like fire emblem and whatnot. But UO stood out by having all the battles happen automatically and the tactics boil down to unit and gear choices. Basically a tactics game a dummy like me can play.
Another game that came out of nowhere for me was Eyudien Chronicles Hundred Heroes. A masterfully traditional JRPG with a huge cast in the vein of Suikeden games but managed to have amazing writing to make all the characters fun to recruit, though you won't use the vast majority of them in combat.
However every year there are disappointments and for me the one disappointment so far is Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth. Functionally the game is great with lots of cool side content to do. However it has the weakest story in any Yakuza game thus far, I even think the story is worse than Yakuza 3 which is usually agreed on as the worst in the series. I just couldn't connect with any aspect of the motivations for this plot and I dont think it worked as a good continuation for Ichiban.
Stellar Blade was the definition of mid imo. A horrible story, horrible level design, horrible platforming, horrible voice acting. But the combat is okay and the main character has a nice ass so goty I guess.
I didnt like Wo Long the last game from the Nioh ninjas over there at Team Ninja, and I was not sold on Rise of The Ronin initially because it really seemed like they were trying to speedrun Fromsofts claim to fame. Souls games being aped by Nioh, sekiro aped by Wo Long, and now Elden Ring. But Ronin is more akin to the Rog AC games over a Fromsoft affair. Namely in that it is fairly easy. The story is bad but gameplay wise it's a nice little roam around collectathon game.
Finally GOTY is, for me, Rebirth. It is the perfect video game that also happens to be Final Fantasy 7 flavored. Unless the showcases in the next few weeks reveal some crazy mindblowing shit, I don't see how anything can come close to the quality and quantity of content that Rebirth had.
What have been yalls highlights of 2024? What is coming later on you have hypes for.
And 2024 was really front loaded with all the hyped releases happening by March. With a few other really nice surprises.
Unicorn Overlord was one of the shocking games for me. I normally hate tactical games like fire emblem and whatnot. But UO stood out by having all the battles happen automatically and the tactics boil down to unit and gear choices. Basically a tactics game a dummy like me can play.
Another game that came out of nowhere for me was Eyudien Chronicles Hundred Heroes. A masterfully traditional JRPG with a huge cast in the vein of Suikeden games but managed to have amazing writing to make all the characters fun to recruit, though you won't use the vast majority of them in combat.
However every year there are disappointments and for me the one disappointment so far is Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth. Functionally the game is great with lots of cool side content to do. However it has the weakest story in any Yakuza game thus far, I even think the story is worse than Yakuza 3 which is usually agreed on as the worst in the series. I just couldn't connect with any aspect of the motivations for this plot and I dont think it worked as a good continuation for Ichiban.
Stellar Blade was the definition of mid imo. A horrible story, horrible level design, horrible platforming, horrible voice acting. But the combat is okay and the main character has a nice ass so goty I guess.
I didnt like Wo Long the last game from the Nioh ninjas over there at Team Ninja, and I was not sold on Rise of The Ronin initially because it really seemed like they were trying to speedrun Fromsofts claim to fame. Souls games being aped by Nioh, sekiro aped by Wo Long, and now Elden Ring. But Ronin is more akin to the Rog AC games over a Fromsoft affair. Namely in that it is fairly easy. The story is bad but gameplay wise it's a nice little roam around collectathon game.
Finally GOTY is, for me, Rebirth. It is the perfect video game that also happens to be Final Fantasy 7 flavored. Unless the showcases in the next few weeks reveal some crazy mindblowing shit, I don't see how anything can come close to the quality and quantity of content that Rebirth had.
What have been yalls highlights of 2024? What is coming later on you have hypes for.
